Thank you for your leadership and commitment to sustaining robust Federal funding for diabetes research.

Thank you, Senator Collins, Senator Lieberman, and other Members of the Committee, but specifically Senator Collins for being such a champion for all of us with diabetes.

Help us keep up the momentum behind this research by ensuring the renewal of the Special Diabetes Program.

When you go see your Senators and your Members of Congress, you help them understand just how important this is.

Thank you for that. Thank you so much, Nick. Your song really sums it up so well and is great and inspiring advice for all the young people who are here.

That is a challenge.

He has been a leading advocate of NIH funding, and we are delighted that he has joined us this morning.

Thank you, Hannah. That was great.

I want to thank all of you for coming here today.

I will remember you, and I will continue to do everything that I can to advance the research that will indeed someday lead to a cure.

With the leadership of Senator Collins and our many other diabetes champions on Capitol Hill, the Federal Government has been a key partner along our path toward a cure for diabetes.

One of the things I have learned about juvenile diabetes is it affects not just the child... but it has an impact on the whole family.

Thanks to congressional support for the Special Diabetes Program, the advancements made through research are bringing us closer to the cure that will allow these children to finally knock out diabetes.

I cannot cure this disease, I cannot make it better for my kids. I need help.

I think you are right.

Do you anticipate the administration presenting a plan to ensure the safety of commuter airlines?

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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